Proverbs 21:27 Cross References - Thomson

²⁷ The sacrifices of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord; because they offer them unrighteously.

¹² I said, Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Galgal, and I have not made my supplication to the Lord, therefore I forced myself, and offered the whole burnt offering. ¹³ And Samuel said to Saul, It is of no avail to thee, because thou hast not kept my command which the Lord commanded thee. Till now the Lord had prepared thy kingdom over Israel for ever:

²¹ and the people have taken of the spoils, flocks and herds, as first fruits of the destruction, to sacrifice them before the Lord our God, at Galgal. ²² And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in whole burnt offerings, and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold obedience is better than good sacrifice; and to hearken, is better than the fat of rams. ²³ Because divination is a sin, the consulting Theraphin bringeth sorrow and distress: because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, therefore the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

⁸ I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices. And as for thy whole burnt offerings which are continually before me, ⁹ I will not take young bulls from thy house, nor he goats from thy folds. ¹⁰ For all the beasts of the forests are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and the beeves. ¹¹ I claim all the birds of the air; and to me belong the ripe fruits of the field. ¹² If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the World is mine and the fulness thereof. ¹³ Do I eat the flesh of bulls? Or do I drink the blood of goats?

⁸ The sacrifices of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of the upright are acceptable to him.

⁹ As for him who turneth away his ear from hearkening to the law; even his prayer is an abomination.

¹¹ "What is the multitude of your sacrifices to me?" saith the Lord: I am cloyed with whole burnt offerings of rams: in the fat of lambs and the blood of bulls and goats I have no delight; ¹² nor should you come to appear before me: for who hath required these at your hands? You shall no more be admitted to tread my court. ¹³ Though you bring fine flour; it is a vain incense: it is an abomination to me. Your new moons and sabbaths and great day I cannot endure: ¹⁴ your fasting and cessation from labour; and your new moons and your festivals my soul hateth. You are become loathsome to me; I will no longer remit your sins. ¹⁵ When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn mine eyes from you: and though you multiply prayer, I will not hearken to you: for your hands are full of blood. ¹⁶ Wash and become clean: remove iniquities from your souls; in my presence, cease from your evil deeds;

³ As for the wicked man, who sacrificeth to me a young bull: he is one who slayeth a dog: and though he offereth me fine flour: it will be as the blood of swine. Though he offereth incense for a memorial, he is as a blasphemer. As they have chosen their own ways: and their soul hath delighted in their abominations:

²⁰ Why do you bring me incense from Saba, and cinnamon from a far distant country? Your whole burnt offerings are not acceptable; nor were your incense offerings sweet to me.

¹¹ is not this house of mine, which is called by my name, become in your eyes a den of robbers? Now behold I have seen this, saith the Lord. ¹² Go then to my place which was at Selo, where I caused my name to dwell at first; and see what I have done to it, for the wickedness of my people Israel.

²¹ [J] I have hated, I have rejected your festivals, and I will not smell your sacrifices at your solemn assemblies. ²² Therefore though you offer me whole burnt offerings, I will not accept your sacrifices nor regard your sumptuous peace offerings.

¹³ Now alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut up the kingdom of the heavens against men. For you neither enter in yourselves, nor suffer them who are going in, to enter.